August 4th - August 12th

With it being the week before school started we didn't do much of anything. I think I was pretty much tripped out for the summer.

Tuesday Cat and the kids came out for lunch and to visit. We had a great time! We met Tracy and the kids in town for dinner at Red Robin. It was so good to see them, but especially the kids. They are growing up so much!! I miss seeing them every day! After dinner I took the boys to watch Iron Man at the dollar movies. (Mick was working late) We got home around 11 that night.

Friday we went school shopping for the boys. They didn't have a whole lot to get which was nice. Dylan of course had to try on his school clothes in the boys dressing room. It was really cute actually. From where I stood I could see him. He had a pair of shorts and a shirt to try on. He sat down on the floor to put the shorts on, but then realized he had his pants on. So he took those off and sat back down on the floor. So anyone looking could see his Power Ranger undies! I was very impressed with him though. Because when he came out he had re-hung his shorts on the hanger! Kristian was less than thrilled to school shop. He tried on his clothes, but with a lot less enthusiasm than Dylan! Friday night, Mick came home and informed me that we needed to go to town to pick up my laptop that he bought for me. Best Buy was installing some programs on it, so he couldn't pick it up when he bought it. I was SO excited to get it. I am ALWAYS on his when he isn't. I guess he noticed too. Kristian is excited because we are going to move the desktop up to his room... With LOTS of parental locks on it! After we picked up the laptop we went out for ice cream and then came home.

Saturday Mick worked on the car and I cleaned the house. We went over to Cat and Brett's for dinner and got home around 10:30. Matt and Jennifer came in around midnight so we just went straight to bed.

Sunday I actually cooked a big breakfast. I don't even remember the last time I cooked anything more than ... cereal or cinnamon rolls! It was so good! We sat around and visited in the morning and then Mick and Matt went and picked up a truck on Schriever. The guys got home and "said" they were going to unload the truck off the trailer. Me, Jennifer and the boys were watching Home Alone (it was chilly and cloudy out, so it just felt right..) About 45 minutes later the guys come walking in telling us they took the truck for a drive and it broke down. Neither one of them had taken a cell phone, so they couldn't call us. Luckily they were able to get it going and make it back. We never saw them leave and just assumed that they were out in the shop. I mean they did say they were unloading the truck!! We grilled some burgers on the grill for dinner and watched RV that evening. We ended up playing Scattergories and visiting after the boys were in bed.

Monday was Kristian's first day of 7th grade! I took him to school and he was so nervous. Luckily when we were pulling up his friend Zach was also being dropped off, so that helped. I came back home and visited with Matt and Jennifer. We had lunch in Ellicott and then they headed back home. I ended up taking Dylan to the doctor yesterday afternoon because he had another spider bite on the back of his leg. This makes the 3rd one since March. They must just be attracted to him. They put him on antibiotics, so we will see. I got home around 7:30 last night. I had to wait for 2 hours for them to fill his prescription. I was NOT a happy camper..

Today I took Kristian to school and then came home and straightened up the house a bit. Dylan's preschool teacher and her aide came by around 2 to go over some things with me. Dylan actually talked to them. They asked me if there was going to be any separation problems on Monday and I said probably so. He has told me that he is going to try not to cry, but I think it will be more of a blood cuddling scream.... I am hoping for the best though...

Mick had a bad start to the day. He had a dentist appt. to have his permanent crown put on, but when they were pulling off the temporary one they grabbed his gum too. He was not happy. After he left there he swung by Best Buy, only to find out they didn't open for another hour. When he went back to his car, he realized he had locked his keys in his car. And we don't have another set! He called Chris in town, who went to get some tools out of a guys truck to bring to Mick and ended up locking that guys keys in his truck! Mick ended up being able to push the window glass far enough that a lady with really skinny arms was able to reach down and unlock it! He got really lucky! After that I think things eased up a bit.

Well I suppose that is it. Hope things are going well for all of you. Until next time...

Pictures are of Kristian on his first day of 7th grade, Matt dressed up as the "chef" and Dylan and the love of his life Jennifer!